The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-04-13
ARENSD0RF'S ANGUISH.
The Alleged Slayer Of Dr.. Haddock
Sorely Tried by a Searching
Cross Examination.
He Is Surprised to Find that he Has
Contradicted His Testimony Be-
fore the Coroner.
TsIoux CITY CORRESPONDENCE


the accused was placed upon the witness
stand on Thursday. He testified substan-
tial as follows:
am the defendant n this action. have
lived in Sioux City ten years. am a brewer.
and have been in the business twenty years. /
city in 1877. During the month of August, 1886,
was foreman for the Franz Brothers. The
evening of August was around town. came
down in the afternoon between and g. went
into Philip Eberle's place, and stayed until
30. There met Barnes and Davelaar, and
went from there TO Shepards, across the street.
was a little past 30. We ate supper there. II
was after 10 when we left. Barnes went west
halted. Then 1 went to Junks saloon
Mr.. Scotland and Grady were there when L ar
rived. went from there to the English Kitch-
en-. I don't know just what time it was.
heard at the English Kitchen that man was
killed, and went from there to where the muir
der happened remained there a few minutes
then went TO the brewery, and then back to
Junk's, where i remained ten or fifteen minutes.
Then went to my home, in Bluff street. wore
my usual clothing-a blue suit and tail-coat. I
did not have on a rubber coat. / heard the
testimony Of Leavitt. was not at the corner
OF Fourth and Water when Haddock was killed
/ was at the meeting Aug. 2. There was no
private meeting, TO my knowledge. Nothing
was said in my presence to do up any one.
l heard nothing about hiring two Dutchmen
70 do up any one. / made no remark about
blowing any one up. 1 heard no remark
no conversation with Leavitt in front OF
Warleich's saloon. / had no such converse
ton as Mrs. Leavitt testifies to have heard
1 had a conversation with Leavitt at the stand
ard Theater in relation to his bonds. He sent a
man over To see me. He took me into a room.
had no conversation with him as TO who had
killed Haddock had no conversation with
Leavitt about keeping still and things would be
all right l had no conversation with Leavitt
at Junks about who killed Haddock. never
had any conversation with him about the muir
der at his theater. did not say at the saloon
mems meeting that there was 500 or $500 in the
treasury and supposed that would be enough
TO hire some one to do up Haddock other wit
nesses. know Bismarck and wife. She used
to work in the brewery for Mr. Franz, but has
not worked there since the brewery company
was organized. l never gave Bismarck any
money at Borshs beer garden TO leave town,
and never gave Fritz Folger any money
to give him to induce him to leave
Bismarck about her leaving town. She
sent note requesting me to come to her house.
She wanted to sell her house, and asked me to
sell 1t for her. bought the house for Adolph
Nepper and he furnished the moneys sos 1
bought il at Mr.. Nepper's request / never
heard Mrs. Bismarck speak English. When she
went away she told me she was going TO Coun-
Gil Bluffs. / did not know she was going TO
California. had no conversation ut the meet
ing OF the saloonmen, on the evening of the I'd,
with Treiber, in which he said he had two
Dutchmen who would do up Haddock.
/ heard no such conversation. / did not
have any conversation with Leavitt in
asked him II he had seen the shooting,
and that 1 was not feeling any too
will, nor did ask him If 1 could depend on him
as n brother. never had any conversation with
Leavitt, as charged by him in his testimony i
had no conversation with him about sending
Henry Peters to Nebraska or Germany. / never
mad any conversation with Leavitt upon that
subject. did not tell Mrs. Bismarck that she
had best wait little while and not go away
until things got more quiet did not tell her
10 tell her husband TO keep still and not tell
any one what he knew about the killing OF Mr..
Haddock. / did not tell her that l would
furnish her with man to go with her to Coun-
Gil Bluffs. / told her that / would that a
man got hor ticket here for Council Bluffs.
did not know that any one intended to injure
Mr.. Haddock.
The examination of Arensdorf was
very thorough, but he bore it with remark
able nerve. The entire ground was
traversed anew, and with no material break
in his story. A surprise was given him
and his counsel, however, when he was
confronted by transcript of his evidence
before the Coroner's jury. Portions we're
read wherein his statement as to his where
abouts at the time of the murder quite ma
terially differed from his evidence Thurs
day. When asked If he SO testified, he
broke down and displayed weakness.
Counsel asked:
Did you testify before the Coroner's jury the
second day after the murder? A. Yes. sir.
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time of the shooting? A. Yes, sir.
q. Did you not swear before the Coroner's
jury that when you came out of Shepards 8,
where you took supper, somebody said odd
home and walked that way, and when l got
there heard somebody say it was the Rev.
DIR. Haddock2 ~ did YOU swear 10 that? A
can't answer that.
Q. What is your best recollection on that
point2 A. have no recollection about it
Q. Did you not say you had just come out Of
ard' q xph ri of tha Qbo A
II did didn't tell the truth.
Q. Did you tell the Coroner ut that time that
you were at the English Kitchen when the
shooting occurred? thought did.
=. Did you really undertake to tell truthfully
and exactly where you were at the time Of the
shooting, and when you he ard Of it? A. don't
know.
Q. Was not your memory OF your whereabouts
better day or two after the event than il is
now? A. don't think IL was.
Q. Did you not tell Mr.. Delp you we're at Hol-
denrad's? A. No, didn't.
The defense have mainly directed their
efforts toward connecting Leavitt with the
murder of Haddock, and several witnesses
have sworn that he was dressed in a light
suit of clothes on the night OF the murder.
/. G. Hart, boarder at Paul Leaders, one
of the defendants, testified positively that
be was present when the fatal shot was
fired, and that Leavitt was the man who
did the shooting, Leader himself was
equally positive that Arensdorf was not the
man who fred the shot. He believed
that Leavitt killed Haddock. Leader,
Arensdorf, Leayiti, and others, just before
the killing, were in Junk's saloon drinking
beer.
ArensdOrf wore a dark suit-kind of navy
blue-with his pants in his big boots. Leavitt
woro n light hat, a rubber coat, and light pants.
Leavitt and oil went out together. / didn't go
with them. went out with Hart n second or
two after Leavitt We left Arensdorf in Junks.
The crowd, headed by Leavitt, went along the
south side OF Fourth TO Water. We followed
behind them didn know what they We're GO
ing TO do. never had word with Leavitt about
what they were going TO do. / caught UP with
them 1T the high fence eight ten feet from the
corner AS 1 walked by him he jerked this
straw bat off my hoed and put this gray one on
mine. 1 asked him what he meant ant he said
That's nll right" We walked ON down Water
street and heard the report of n gun behind us.
We looked around and saw one man staggering
eastward and another running northward. He
wore a long black coat. light pants, and n brown,
loN -crow1ed hat. He went down Water street
toward Second and on Second home was sat
ished that Leavitt was the man who fred the
shot and was running away.